The Only Use of
melancholy
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The night after the funeral, at which he had been sadly affected, Utterson locked the door of his business room, and sitting there by the light of a melancholy candle, drew out and set before him an envelope addressed by the hand and sealed with the seal of his dead friend.†
p. 46..4
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad